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Meghan
Pronounced /ˈmɛɡən/
Rank in 2024
#1,445
Born in 2024
152
Peak year
1985 · #63
Origin
Welsh
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 152 girls were named Meghan, about 1 in every 10,613.
- It peaked in 1985 with 4,670 babies, ranked #63.
- It first shows up in the records in 1952.
- 96,398 girls have been named Meghan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Meghan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.5Gen X1965–80
- 2.0Millennials1981–96
- 0.8Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 374 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 12,737 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Millennials: 56,873 babies, 2.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 23,421 babies, 0.81 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,993 babies, 0.15 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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- A female given name from Welsh, a pseudo-Irish spelling of the Welsh Megan.
- Origin
- Welsh
- Say it
- /ˈmɛɡən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Meghan, CC BY-SA 4.0.